Effects of Meropack in the middle meatus after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in children with chronic sinusitis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1535-1540

  Hu, Ko Hsin ^a,c,d   Lin, Kai Nan ^b   Li, Wen Tyng ^c   Huang, Hung Meng ^e  

^a KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Meropack; Nasal dressing; Postoperative hemorrhage; Sinus surgery; Synechiae

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; GAUZE DRESSING; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLARY SINUS; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; PARANASAL SINUSES; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649123728     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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